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to come to its because there are some figures out there is also that say that our wars in iraq and afghanistan have cost us three point seven trillion dollars and counting and that pretty soon that will be up over fortunately i mean it really is is there a god willing it's there it's insane as one congressman said to me when i was testifying before the senate foreign relations committee and almost knocked me off my chair it doesn't matter colonel we can print more. and that's the attitude and that's what's been going on now what has been happening is that while they have pretty easily get to pass a new defense budget at least the house of representatives there has been a little bit of a tussle and bustle over a few democrats that are coming out and try to block funds try to tie obama's hands when it came to afghanistan and bringing troops home of course that is because it has once again tried to tie the president's hands when it came to libya and all of that failed but the one thing they did pass was. bill that barred arming was supplying weapons to training the rebels in libya but already doi
to come to its because there are some figures out there is also that say that our wars in iraq and afghanistan have cost us three point seven trillion dollars and counting and that pretty soon that will be up over fortunately i mean it really is is there a god willing it's there it's insane as one congressman said to me when i was testifying before the senate foreign relations committee and almost knocked me off my chair it doesn't matter colonel we can print more. and that's the attitude and...
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billion for the pentagon's primary budget another one hundred and nineteen billion for the wars in afghanistan and iraq and that does not include any downsizing quite the opposite that boosts the pentagon's budget by seventeen billion dollars so that includes five point nine billion to buy thirty two of lockheed martin's after thirty five joint strike fighters fifteen point one billion to build ten navy ships and a three point three billion for twenty eight of boeing's f. eighteen super hornet fighter jets and the whole bill also doesn't include funds for u.s. nuclear weapons programs or military construction which usually come in other bills and end up adding about thirty three billion dollars more to the fan spending so it looks like congress has said sorry america your social security your medicare and medicaid have probably got to go because the pentagon needs more jets here to discuss this with me as lawrence wilkerson retired u.s. army colonel and former chief of staff to colin powell our thanks so much for being on the show as always well gosh this sounds like it's a fun day to be at th
billion for the pentagon's primary budget another one hundred and nineteen billion for the wars in afghanistan and iraq and that does not include any downsizing quite the opposite that boosts the pentagon's budget by seventeen billion dollars so that includes five point nine billion to buy thirty two of lockheed martin's after thirty five joint strike fighters fifteen point one billion to build ten navy ships and a three point three billion for twenty eight of boeing's f. eighteen super hornet...
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but the united nations says nato took over the afghanistan campaign. and there we find another find of the coffee out. it turns out -- caveat. it turns out some allies simply do not wish to make more where there were no shooting battles. some did it one to fight unless they have helicopters there were all of these rules than pretty soon we started to see the folks who wanted to send soldiers out to the field to have almost insulting checklist so this starts to develop in buy the way i am very careful when a make a statement about the caveat because i don't mean in any way to cut down on the bravery of the troops who are helping us americans out there. and the germans are not very willing to fight because of a historical precedent. it is very difficult for the germans to get over second world war history. please don't and feud any other motive into that. so now you have a copy ought with afghanistan where we're not prepared to use the allies because it is a different kind of four in technology have left them behind and estonia started to do something th
but the united nations says nato took over the afghanistan campaign. and there we find another find of the coffee out. it turns out -- caveat. it turns out some allies simply do not wish to make more where there were no shooting battles. some did it one to fight unless they have helicopters there were all of these rules than pretty soon we started to see the folks who wanted to send soldiers out to the field to have almost insulting checklist so this starts to develop in buy the way i am very...
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council's mandate in libya however both sides praised joint efforts in battling the drug problem in afghanistan saying the corporation is showing signs of success. and right now an update about breaking news on the passenger ferry that sank on the riba volga in russia's republic of tatarstan one hundred sixty nine people have been rescued from the vessel but at least one woman is dead and that leaves three people unaccounted for and the emergency is ministry has deployed teams to the scene in the effort to save those who are missing at the moment and it's not yet known how the vessel got into trouble before sinking in twenty meter deep water so the double decker ship called the area was built in one nine hundred fifty five inches. on to some more of today's world news in brief now there has been violence in bangladesh show but trying to constitution to make the predominantly muslim regional secular police use tear gas to disperse angry islamist protesters at least fifty or forty injured. remains the fish the government has removed a colonel stating absolute faith and trust and. an israeli airst
council's mandate in libya however both sides praised joint efforts in battling the drug problem in afghanistan saying the corporation is showing signs of success. and right now an update about breaking news on the passenger ferry that sank on the riba volga in russia's republic of tatarstan one hundred sixty nine people have been rescued from the vessel but at least one woman is dead and that leaves three people unaccounted for and the emergency is ministry has deployed teams to the scene in...
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and afghanistan prohibiting afghanistan from taxing u.s. subcontractors doing work in afghanistan. so this ban on levying taxes would apply to all subcontractors that may not have direct contracts with afghanistan. in other words, if a company is working on a project funded by the u.s. department of defense, whether that company is a prime contractor or subcontractor, that company should not be subject to taxes from the afghan government. seems pretty simple. these are the contractors doing the work of rebuilding in afghanistan, helping rebuild the infrastructure and hopefully allowing them to one day thrive independently. common sense and financial prudentens says the u.s. should not be subject to taxation for the rebuilding efforts it is paying for. and that was what we were getting at with this amendment. mr. kingston: i think the point that you have raised is a very valid point and something that's very good discussion matter. unfortunately, we believe that it is authorizing an appropriation as the chair has confirmed. but that probably, the concern far more than the philosophi
and afghanistan prohibiting afghanistan from taxing u.s. subcontractors doing work in afghanistan. so this ban on levying taxes would apply to all subcontractors that may not have direct contracts with afghanistan. in other words, if a company is working on a project funded by the u.s. department of defense, whether that company is a prime contractor or subcontractor, that company should not be subject to taxes from the afghan government. seems pretty simple. these are the contractors doing the...
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well the company is doing even bigger role in afghanistan with the u.s. about to double its private army to replace the party troops meanwhile the un wants tighter control over her scenarios to protect human rights as r.t.s. game reports it's more convenient for the u.s. to use hired guns since their actions slip under the radar. this iraqi men son nine year old allie khilnani was shot dead by private american war contractors four years ago his brain fell to the ground between my feet on the same day dozens of other innocent iraqis were shot by trigger happy us professional killers they shot life human trying to kill everyone if you see no one at blackwater the firm for whom the hired guns work has been punished for the massacre two other private american security companies were contracted to carry out interrogations at the notorious abu ghraib prison in iraq a name synonymous now with her rethinking on rights violations including porcher rape and murder the us supreme court recently threw out a lawsuit alleging abuse of prisoners by the contractors. in a
well the company is doing even bigger role in afghanistan with the u.s. about to double its private army to replace the party troops meanwhile the un wants tighter control over her scenarios to protect human rights as r.t.s. game reports it's more convenient for the u.s. to use hired guns since their actions slip under the radar. this iraqi men son nine year old allie khilnani was shot dead by private american war contractors four years ago his brain fell to the ground between my feet on the...
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we have to remember these young men in afghanistan, and to a lesser extent in iraq, but in afghanistan, they're agrarian, so when the planting and harvesting seasons come and go, the attrition rates wax and wane accordingly. the general in charge of our iranian training monitors the situation. i don't have the number, but it's in the number of 10,000 and growing in the literacy rate, the soldiers we've accrued learning english. you can develop it, and it's a little more challenging to develop the leaders to lead them. >> if you could get to my office maybe kind of what you see those trend lines look like over the last several years and where we're going in literacy atta attainment within our security force that afghanistan has, as well as the retention rate? can you do that? >> yes. the last time i touched them, the trend line on attrition was testing positive, which means we were gaining control of it. the trend line on literacy training was also training positive, but it's a very -- you know, that is a -- an enormous slope to climb for all the reasons you suggested. but both trends a
we have to remember these young men in afghanistan, and to a lesser extent in iraq, but in afghanistan, they're agrarian, so when the planting and harvesting seasons come and go, the attrition rates wax and wane accordingly. the general in charge of our iranian training monitors the situation. i don't have the number, but it's in the number of 10,000 and growing in the literacy rate, the soldiers we've accrued learning english. you can develop it, and it's a little more challenging to develop...
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then let's move on to afghanistan. there came a time when it -- by the way, if you have not read about the account of what a few hundred special forces and armed cia people did in a few weeks in afghanistan after a sit-in for 11th, it is really worth reading. basically destroyed the camps, just a few hundred of them, including some wonderful cavalry horse charges. it's quite a story. but, in 2003 in the united nations says we need to know start stabilizing afghanistan. native took over the afghanistan campaign. and there we find yet another fault line developing. vendettas of fall line whose so-called caveat. some european allies simply did not wish to make war. it wanted areas where there were no shootings. others didn't want to fight at night. some didn't want to fight unless they have helicopters and so on. there were all these roles. we started to see folks who wanted to send soldiers out into the field consulting checklists to see what soldiers you could send out and what you could not. so this starts to develop.
then let's move on to afghanistan. there came a time when it -- by the way, if you have not read about the account of what a few hundred special forces and armed cia people did in a few weeks in afghanistan after a sit-in for 11th, it is really worth reading. basically destroyed the camps, just a few hundred of them, including some wonderful cavalry horse charges. it's quite a story. but, in 2003 in the united nations says we need to know start stabilizing afghanistan. native took over the...
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government in this military to pakistani military for use in box and facilities in the for the war in afghanistan that's number one number two the united states. close to eight billion dollars for similar use. and military facilities for the war and this money has not really been paid and it's overdue by almost a year now and the military officials and politicians have been reminding the american about this and we know that the americans are using delay tactics now for example if you come down to a couple of more details for example they're saying they're withholding some of the equipment that was supposed to go to agree to a french quarter that works on the border they're saying now that since talks now would not give to do it trainers there's no need for the equipment also to go and of course this does not make sense for smallpox hundreds of them telling the americans you know we train our elite military schools train officers from a dozen or so countries we've gone really training from the us military recruitment and if you're sincere about the war on terror you need to send that in and that's
government in this military to pakistani military for use in box and facilities in the for the war in afghanistan that's number one number two the united states. close to eight billion dollars for similar use. and military facilities for the war and this money has not really been paid and it's overdue by almost a year now and the military officials and politicians have been reminding the american about this and we know that the americans are using delay tactics now for example if you come down...
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these members returned from afghanistan just last year. after this deployment within a few months time they'll be prepared to get it back there again. there is the greatest strain on the military and with the threat of yet more defense cuts, this is a remainder of why it's still needed. >> this is proving what we can still do as opposed to what we might not be able to do is the key message. but we are still in the business of being able to operate in this would to do this kind of thing. >> but for those left shouldering the burden of the nation undiminished gobal ambitions, the question remains how can you do more with land? >> if we are anything else, would be we struggle. but at the moment we're supposed to be in syria, yemen, libya. if we're supposed to be in those places, we're struggling, definitely. >> the task will only get harder. a be it at the heart of this deployment and currently the royal navy's flagship is due to be moth balled as soon as she returns back home. jonathan biel, "bbc news." >> less than 24 hours after uncovering
these members returned from afghanistan just last year. after this deployment within a few months time they'll be prepared to get it back there again. there is the greatest strain on the military and with the threat of yet more defense cuts, this is a remainder of why it's still needed. >> this is proving what we can still do as opposed to what we might not be able to do is the key message. but we are still in the business of being able to operate in this would to do this kind of thing....
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contractors doing rebuilding work in afghanistan. this ban on levying taxes would also apply to those who may not have direct contact with afghanistan. in other words, whether they're a prime contractor or a subcontractor, that company should not be stoument taxes from the afghani government. these are contractors doing rebuilding work in afghanistan, helping rebuild the afghanis' infrastructure an hopefully allowing them to one day thrive independently. common sense says the u.s. should not be subject to taxation for the rebuilding effort it's paying for. hard working americans and their tax -- send their tax dollars to washington so soldiers on the frontlines have the fools they need to protect themselves and our country not to fill the coffers of foreign governments. i urge its adoption. i yield pack my time. the chair: the yom yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from florida rise? mr. young: i rise to strike the last word. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. young: i would like to say that th
contractors doing rebuilding work in afghanistan. this ban on levying taxes would also apply to those who may not have direct contact with afghanistan. in other words, whether they're a prime contractor or a subcontractor, that company should not be stoument taxes from the afghani government. these are contractors doing rebuilding work in afghanistan, helping rebuild the afghanis' infrastructure an hopefully allowing them to one day thrive independently. common sense says the u.s. should not be...
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its own security ever present mention of relative frame some progress was being made the situation in afghanistan is also high on major joint efforts to battle drug trafficking in the country were said to be bearing fruit just a point there are still common view in the campaign libya as concerns remain that the security council's mandate is being overstepped its. britain's best selling newspaper the news of the world saying it's fun farewell to its readers after hundred sixty eight years it was axed by its medium where following the phone hacking scandal public outrage flared this week has claimed that journalists intercepted phone calls from murder victims and dead soldiers families. from recess where docs rest is now lost its longstanding community around britain's prince who leads. i think something changed this week you know for decades british prime ministers have been on their knees to the to the murdoch press because they knew that when the sun which is his main daily newspaper here in britain when the sun supported a british politician running for prime minister it you know they won it an
its own security ever present mention of relative frame some progress was being made the situation in afghanistan is also high on major joint efforts to battle drug trafficking in the country were said to be bearing fruit just a point there are still common view in the campaign libya as concerns remain that the security council's mandate is being overstepped its. britain's best selling newspaper the news of the world saying it's fun farewell to its readers after hundred sixty eight years it was...
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it so that simple precedent can be traced through the years and into today's headlines bosnia iraq afghanistan and most recently libya have all played unwilling hosts to nato troops and u.s. imposed no fly zones it is very important and the creation of that. scenario to make sure that in the minds of most people. it was a draw on the saudi which was preventable but for whatever reasons the so-called international community who didn't do anything about it. some might say the journey from sibling meets it to benghazi via baghdad and kabul could now be traced as a kind of nato road map but as with any road paved with good intentions there is only one possible destination. kasserine is our r.t. bosnia and herzegovina back to our breaking news story now three people are now confirmed dead and more than one hundred people are still missing after a pleasure cruiser sinks with almost one hundred eighty five onboard the river volga and the russian republic of tatarstan search and rescue efforts have continued throughout the night dozens of survivors were picked up by a passing ship and taken to the pub
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well as the us and its allies prepared sheeple thousands of troops out of afghanistan washington's turns its sights to the home front america's new counterterrorism strategy calls for refocus of resources to combat domestic terror threats before more i'm joined live from the u.s. capitol by lawrence wilkerson who served as chief of staff to former secretary of state colin powell many fans of being with us here on our see you know do you think that this change in security strategy is warranted as the. threats of domestic terror we need growing in the us. i don't think so i do think that the situation in afghanistan and for that matter in iraq based on strategic necessity we caused a disaster in the persian gulf by destroying the balance of power between iran and iraq and we are now that balance of power so we're not leaving iraq any time soon we may say we are but we're not in afghanistan we destabilize pakistan we stayed too long we lingered too long we've drone strike into the into the pocket proper so we're destabilizing pakistan and it is probably never been so fragile and such a powd
well as the us and its allies prepared sheeple thousands of troops out of afghanistan washington's turns its sights to the home front america's new counterterrorism strategy calls for refocus of resources to combat domestic terror threats before more i'm joined live from the u.s. capitol by lawrence wilkerson who served as chief of staff to former secretary of state colin powell many fans of being with us here on our see you know do you think that this change in security strategy is warranted...
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so that so-called precedent can be traced through the years and into today's headlines bosnia iraq afghanistan and most recently did libya have all played unwilling hosts to nato troops and u.s. imposed no fly zones it is very important and the creation of the. scenario for make sure that in the minds of most people. was drawn aside which was preventable but for whatever reasons the so-called international community didn't do anything about it. sin might say the journey from sitting needs such a benghazi via baghdad and kabul could now be traced as a kind of nato road map but as with any road paved with good intentions there is only one possible destination castros are about r t bosnia and herzegovina. a fire at a nursing home for the elderly in northwest ukraine has killed sixteen people fire crews battle the flames for five hours and managed to rescue eleven people from the blaze victims were then treated in hospital for carbon dioxide forty three remain in a grave condition the authorities are now investigating the cause of the fire but early reports say it was not started deliberately. tur
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only military force it's one that is in charge of the two major wars in the world right now those in afghanistan and in libya i think you know we can just feel it you know minor points of contention but i think we should not be confused about what the true nature of the mirthful are the treaty organization. and an update on our main story of the tragedy in central russia after a pleasure cruiser sank with one hundred eighty five on board in the river volga and tartar ston six people are now known to have died and search and rescue efforts continue for the almost one hundred people that still remain unaccounted for the vessel called the bulgaria reportedly sank within three minutes of getting into difficulty and it was three kilometers from the shore when it went down it's thought to have been carrying people on a weekend a sightseeing break some survivors were picked up and have been taken to prison for treatment i wouldn't says say a storm is likely to be to blame for the sinking while others suggest a failure of the both engines although that has not been confirmed. to other news that now brit
only military force it's one that is in charge of the two major wars in the world right now those in afghanistan and in libya i think you know we can just feel it you know minor points of contention but i think we should not be confused about what the true nature of the mirthful are the treaty organization. and an update on our main story of the tragedy in central russia after a pleasure cruiser sank with one hundred eighty five on board in the river volga and tartar ston six people are now...
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good morning to those here, good evening in afghanistan. i'd like to welcome pack to the pentagon briefing room, army lieutenant general david rodriguez. he's commander of the international security assistance force joint command, also known as i.j.c. and also the deputy commander of the united states forces afghanistan. general rodriguez's current tour began in june, 2009, he became the first commander of the i.j.c. in october of that year. prior to that, general rodriguez was commander of regional command east for 15 months from january, 2007 to april, 2008. next week after two straight years in command and more than 40 months in after gap stan over the past 4 1/2 year, general rodriguez is ski wruled to change command and return stateside to have u.s. army forces command. the general most recently joined us here in person last february and we're very grate to feel see him this morning via satellite for an update on operations before he changes command. with that, general, i'll return it to you. >> good morning, dave. thank you for that i
good morning to those here, good evening in afghanistan. i'd like to welcome pack to the pentagon briefing room, army lieutenant general david rodriguez. he's commander of the international security assistance force joint command, also known as i.j.c. and also the deputy commander of the united states forces afghanistan. general rodriguez's current tour began in june, 2009, he became the first commander of the i.j.c. in october of that year. prior to that, general rodriguez was commander of...
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only military bloc it's one that is in charge of the two major wars in the world right now those in afghanistan and libya i think you know we can this feel with you know minor points of contention but i think we should not be confused about what the nature of the merkel and the treaty organization. russia has condemned in nato for its continuing military action in the foreign minister sergey lavrov said that bombing the country to force colonel gadhafi to step down is a cynical a political game with too many civilian lives at stake when the who would so nato is bombing libya longer that it was bombing yugoslavia several years ago and there is no end in sight it's obvious that politics is a cynical matter we hear from the western capitals that the bombing should go on until gadhafi backs off but the human cost of these political statements is very high in the political used to be there to the focus remains on the table and to our bridge and as r.t. speaks to the syrian deputy foreign minister with his views on the best way out of his country's crisis. fresh sex case against the former internatio
only military bloc it's one that is in charge of the two major wars in the world right now those in afghanistan and libya i think you know we can this feel with you know minor points of contention but i think we should not be confused about what the nature of the merkel and the treaty organization. russia has condemned in nato for its continuing military action in the foreign minister sergey lavrov said that bombing the country to force colonel gadhafi to step down is a cynical a political game...
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and its allies prepared so you pull thousands of troops out of afghanistan and washington's turns its sights to the home front the americans do count ten to. he calls for a refocus of his the says to combat the nest of terror threats before more i'm now joined live from the u.s. capital by lawrence a well said he was chief of staff to form a section of state colin powell many kinds of being with us here on do you think that this change in security strategy is warranted is the threat of domestic terror we need growing in the us. i don't think so i do think that the situation and i plan to stand up for that matter in iraq based on strategic city we caused a disaster in the persian gulf by destroying the balance of power between iran and iraq and we are now that balance of power so we're not leaving iraq any time soon we may say we are but we're not in afghanistan we destabilize pakistan we stay too long we lingered too long we have drone strike into the plot into pakistan proper so we're destabilizing pakistan and it is probably never been so fragile and such powderkeg as it is today an
and its allies prepared so you pull thousands of troops out of afghanistan and washington's turns its sights to the home front the americans do count ten to. he calls for a refocus of his the says to combat the nest of terror threats before more i'm now joined live from the u.s. capital by lawrence a well said he was chief of staff to form a section of state colin powell many kinds of being with us here on do you think that this change in security strategy is warranted is the threat of domestic...
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we have to remember these young men in afghanistan, and to a lesser extent in iraq, but in afghanistan, they're agrarian, so when the planting and harvesting seasons come and go, the attrition rates wax and wane accordingly. the general in charge of our iranian training monitors the situation. i don't have the number, but it's in the number of 10,000 and growing in the literacy rate, the soldiers we've accrued learning english. you can develop it, and it's a little more challenging to develop the leaders to lead them. >> if you could get to my office maybe kind of what you see those trend lines look like over the last several years and where we're going in literacy atta attainment within our security force that afghanistan has, as well as the retention rate? can you do that? >> yes. the last time i touched them, the trend line on attrition was testing positive, which means we were gaining control of it. the trend line on literacy training was also training positive, but it's a very -- you know, that is a -- an enormous slope to climb for all the reasons you suggested. but both trends a
we have to remember these young men in afghanistan, and to a lesser extent in iraq, but in afghanistan, they're agrarian, so when the planting and harvesting seasons come and go, the attrition rates wax and wane accordingly. the general in charge of our iranian training monitors the situation. i don't have the number, but it's in the number of 10,000 and growing in the literacy rate, the soldiers we've accrued learning english. you can develop it, and it's a little more challenging to develop...
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only military force it's one that is in charge of the two major wars in the world right now those in afghanistan and libya i think you know we can do this for you with your reminder of points of contention but i think we should not be confused about what the nature of american morning really organisation. britain's best selling newspaper the news of the world is saying it's fun farewell to its readers after hundred sixty eight years paper was axed by its media mogul owner of having a phone hacking scandal public outrage this week has claims emerged that journalists intercepted phone calls to where the victims and their soldiers' families are missed from reese says rupert murdoch's press has now lost its longstanding community among britain's political elite. i think something changed this week you know for decades british prime ministers have been on their knees to the to the murdoch press because they knew that when the sun which is his main daily newspaper here in britain when the sun supported a british politician running for prime ministership you know they won it and then you find in the ne
only military force it's one that is in charge of the two major wars in the world right now those in afghanistan and libya i think you know we can do this for you with your reminder of points of contention but i think we should not be confused about what the nature of american morning really organisation. britain's best selling newspaper the news of the world is saying it's fun farewell to its readers after hundred sixty eight years paper was axed by its media mogul owner of having a phone...
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world's only military or it's one that is in charge of the two major wars in the world right now those in afghanistan and libya i think you know we can dispute you know minor points of contention but i think we should not be confused about what the nature of the merkel army really organization. of data you are maybe used tonight the tragedy in central russia or a pleasure cruise this sank with almost two hundred on board in the revolver in tatarstan area more than one hundred people are still missing tonight rescuers are continuing to search the dark waters of the volga the vessel called the bulgarian reportedly sank within three minutes after getting into difficulty it was three kilometers from the shore when it went down is thought to have been carrying people a weekend sightseeing break some survivors were picked up and they've been taken to for treatment i witness is say a storm could have been to blame for the sinking of the suggests the failure of a boat engines although that's not been confirmed. by the top stories tonight britain's scandal plagued news of the world newspapers rolled off the p
world's only military or it's one that is in charge of the two major wars in the world right now those in afghanistan and libya i think you know we can dispute you know minor points of contention but i think we should not be confused about what the nature of the merkel army really organization. of data you are maybe used tonight the tragedy in central russia or a pleasure cruise this sank with almost two hundred on board in the revolver in tatarstan area more than one hundred people are still...
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so that so-called precedent can be traced through the years and into today's headlines bosnia iraq afghanistan and most recently libya have told played unwilling hosts to nato troops and u.s. impose no fly zones it is very important. the creation of the. scenario from a tour in the minds of most people. was a promise which was preventable but for whatever reasons. for national unity didn't do anything about it. some might say the journey from sibling needs it to benghazi the a baghdad and kabul could now be traced as a kind of major road map but as with any road paved with good intentions there is only one possible destination casuarinas are the r.t.e. bosnia and herzegovina. the fire has broken out of the nursing home for the elderly in northwestern ukraine it's killed sixteen people fire crews battled the frame for five hours and managed to rescue eleven from the blaze victims were then treated in hospital for carbon dioxide poisoning three remain a great year for to rest of it because of the fire but any reports suggest it was not started from the quickly. so going to stan's governments adm
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so that so-called precedent can be traced through the years and into today's headlines bosnia iraq afghanistan and most recently libya have all played unwilling hosts to nato troops and u.s. imposed no fly zones but it is very important in the creation of the. scenario to make sure that in the minds of most people. was drawn aside which was preventable but for whatever reasons the so-called international community didn't do anything about it. some might say the journey from seventy needs it to benghazi via baghdad and kabul could now be traced as a kind of nato road map but as with any road paved with good intentions there is only one possible destination castros are about r t bosnia and herzegovina. and of course there are more stories online at all to call and let's see what else is there right now. while there are reports of widespread deaths and devastation from blasts in turkmenistan the government claims it's nothing more than a harmless firework incident. and find out why more than eleven million websites have been blacklisted and banned by giant web search engine google. russia has cal
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serpents that so called precedent can be traced through the years into today's headlines rossley iraq afghanistan and most recently libya have all played unwilling hosts to nato troops and u.s. imposed no fly zones. and the creation of the. scenario for make sure in the minds of most people. was. preventable but for whatever reasons. international community didn't do anything about it. some might say the journey from sibling need such a big ozzie via baghdad and kabul could now be traced as a kind of major road map but as with any road paved with good intentions there is only one possible destination carriers are the r.t.e. bosnia and herzegovina. that has nothing to shuttle atlantis making its way to the international space station for the very last time marking then the u.s. space shuttle era is caring for american astronauts and several tons of vital supplies within a few hours atlantis is to make its final count with international space station is the last voyage in america's space shuttle history and the painful time for many who devoted their lives to the thirty year programs as well she's
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circuits that so-called precedent can be traced through the years into today's headlines was an iraq afghanistan and most recently libya gold plate unwilling hosts to nato troops and u.s. imposed no fly zones it is very important in the creation of the. scenario for make sure in the minds of most people. was. which was proven but for whatever reasons the so-called international community do anything about it. some might say the journey from serving its it to benghazi via baghdad and kabul could now be traced as a kind of nato road map but as with any road paved with good intentions there is only one possible destinations karina's or about r t bosnia and herzegovina. well more now on our main story this hour the tragedy in central russia after a pleasure cruise has sunk with almost two hundred on board in the river vulgar and . more than one hundred people are still missing that rescue divers will continue searching throughout the night is the latest we're being told dozens of people who are immediately rescued were taken to a nearby vessel though no arrived ashore in cars than as you can see her
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threat to its own security ever present regret it claimed some progress was being made the situation afghanistan was also high on the agenda and with joint efforts to battle drug trafficking in the country said to be bearing fruit was pointed out it was still no common view on the campaign libya as concerns are very a security council mandate is being overstepped. the former bosnian serb general reckon that it is likely to get a new legal counsel to represent him at the hague war crimes tribunal within days and hearing that this week was disrupted when that it was escorted out of the courtroom for shouting and interrupting the judge and refusing to enter he instead the judge was forced to enter a drug guilty plea on his behalf. radicalism klute of ordering the mass killing of thousands of muslims from the balkans war but only anniversary of the trip when it's a massacre many serbs feel this side of the story isn't him taking into account culture and server reports. liquid little town of slippery meets in bosnia and herzegovina looks illich new houses are being built people go about their busines
threat to its own security ever present regret it claimed some progress was being made the situation afghanistan was also high on the agenda and with joint efforts to battle drug trafficking in the country said to be bearing fruit was pointed out it was still no common view on the campaign libya as concerns are very a security council mandate is being overstepped. the former bosnian serb general reckon that it is likely to get a new legal counsel to represent him at the hague war crimes...
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that one of the ways short short cuts really to controlling violence and extremism on the pakistan afghanistan border is really to end the war on terror the way the u.s. military and the way the cia has been conducting this war over the past ten years one step forward is of course what president obama has declared but you still words were good to see really actions on the ground and we have yet to see whether important agencies within the u.s. government like the central intelligence agency the cia would really cooperate. every other international stories we're covering it today in the sexual assault case against the i.m.f. chief is in doubt at all to reports the victim repeatedly lied about what happened in the alleged attack it also claim the hotel maid didn't tell the truth to asylum application that according to u.s. media sources dominic can he's currently under house arrest in new york is charged with seven counts including attempted rape the french national denies the allegations he's due in court later today in a bid to get his bail conditions when the. venezuelan president hugo chavez
that one of the ways short short cuts really to controlling violence and extremism on the pakistan afghanistan border is really to end the war on terror the way the u.s. military and the way the cia has been conducting this war over the past ten years one step forward is of course what president obama has declared but you still words were good to see really actions on the ground and we have yet to see whether important agencies within the u.s. government like the central intelligence agency the...
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present regime inventive claim some progress was being made situation in afghanistan is also highly agenda with joint efforts to battle drug trafficking in the country said to me bearing fruit also pointed out there was still one common theme for the campaign in the libya this concerns are available security council's mandate these be it. the former bosnian serb general that cold blood it is unlikely to get a new legal counsel to represent him but the hague war crimes tribunal within days is hearing this week was disrupted but i think she was escorted out of the courtroom shouting and interrupting the judge using to enter a plea instead of mr enter a not guilty plea on his part. is accused of ordering a mass killing of franzen's of muslims in the war but on the other verse three of the srebrenica massacre many serbs feel this side of the story isn't being taken into account to serve our thoughts. required little plan of slipping needs in bosnia and herzegovina illich your houses are being built people go about their business and in the center of the town a mosque and church sit side by sid
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wages in iraq and afghanistan it's all just a murder for hire by the oil industry to keep the price of gas down to keep the man on the street calm and subdued but the lives coming off the cattle and now the gas prices are going to be six seven eight nine ten dollars a gallon like it is in europe and then we'll start to see some real action but that's baked into the cake as i said before that's not nothing that anyone can do is going to stop this because the post world war two era of adding debt to finance growth climax in two thousand and seven no amount of dead can stimulate any growth to pay this debt because the economy's reached at saturation and no amount of additional debt in this is all the plan that obama and boehner are putting forward is to restructure the debt or add to the debt that's not going to create enough growth to pay down the debt therefore it's so facto as night follows day this downward spiral of u.s. bonds u.s. credit rating in the u.s. economy is is not going to be interrupted by anyone or any policy and not familiar saying that i washington a third of a periphe
wages in iraq and afghanistan it's all just a murder for hire by the oil industry to keep the price of gas down to keep the man on the street calm and subdued but the lives coming off the cattle and now the gas prices are going to be six seven eight nine ten dollars a gallon like it is in europe and then we'll start to see some real action but that's baked into the cake as i said before that's not nothing that anyone can do is going to stop this because the post world war two era of adding debt...
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from afghanistan. can i commend him for setting a timetable because that is the way to accelerate the process in kabul and make president hamid karzai set up and engage in some of the talks that are already taking place and i agree with my right hon. friend is wrong to internationalize this process. it has to be done through tribal structures in afghanistan and fought by themselves and for themselves. is not something we can supervise from the un. >> i thank my hon. friend for his questioning. across the house -- has to the afghan led. we don't want to see a sort of bad tribal -- that would lead to future instability. clearly it has got to be a proper reconciliation process. what i am scene and a timetable has existed, is a positive engagement from afghanistan and pakistan in talking about their shared future and in the end we can push and encourage and work with but in the end those two countries have to make decisions together about how to be more secure. >> welcome the fact that peace negotiations a
from afghanistan. can i commend him for setting a timetable because that is the way to accelerate the process in kabul and make president hamid karzai set up and engage in some of the talks that are already taking place and i agree with my right hon. friend is wrong to internationalize this process. it has to be done through tribal structures in afghanistan and fought by themselves and for themselves. is not something we can supervise from the un. >> i thank my hon. friend for his...
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so that so-called precedent can be traced through the years and into today's headlines bosnia iraq afghanistan and most recently libya have all played unwilling host to nato troops and u.s. imposed no fly zones it is very important in the creation of a scenario for make sure when the mindful call. was drawn assad was programmed to go but for whatever reason so called international community do anything about it. some might say the journey from said we need such a benghazi via baghdad and kabul could now be traced as a kind of nato road map but as with any road paved with good intentions there is only one possible destination carriers are the r.t.e. bosnia and herzegovina. nasa shuttle atlantis is making its fire the final way to the international space station for the very last time making the end to the space shuttle era it's carrying four american astronauts and several tons of vital supplies within a few hours atlantis is expected to make its final hookup with the international space station distrust voyager and america's space shuttle history is a painful time for many who have devoted the
so that so-called precedent can be traced through the years and into today's headlines bosnia iraq afghanistan and most recently libya have all played unwilling host to nato troops and u.s. imposed no fly zones it is very important in the creation of a scenario for make sure when the mindful call. was drawn assad was programmed to go but for whatever reason so called international community do anything about it. some might say the journey from said we need such a benghazi via baghdad and kabul...
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circumvent so that so-called precedent can be traced through the years into today's headlines bosnia iraq afghanistan and most recently libya coldplay gunwale hosts to nato troops and u.s. imposed no fly zones it is very important. the creation of the. scenario for makes sure in the minds of most people. was drones which was preventable but for whatever reasons so-called international community do anything about it. some might say the journey from simply needs it to benghazi via baghdad and kabul could now be traced as a kind of nato road map but as with any road paved with good intentions there is only one possible destinations karina's are about r t button and herzegovina. stans governments admitted that a series of explosions that shook the city of a bell and a coded munitions there last happened on thursday and killed fifteen people according to official reports initially authorities said it was an incident at a fireworks factory and that there were no casualties but that contradicted eyewitness pictures and reports that around two hundred were killed and scores injured it's understood that the o
circumvent so that so-called precedent can be traced through the years into today's headlines bosnia iraq afghanistan and most recently libya coldplay gunwale hosts to nato troops and u.s. imposed no fly zones it is very important. the creation of the. scenario for makes sure in the minds of most people. was drones which was preventable but for whatever reasons so-called international community do anything about it. some might say the journey from simply needs it to benghazi via baghdad and...
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so that so-called precedent can be traced through the years and into today's headlines bosnia iraq afghanistan and most recently libya of old played unwilling hosts to nato troops and u.s. imposed no fly zones it is very important for. the creation of the. scenario for make sure in the minds of most people. was on the side which was programmed to go but for whatever reasons. and for national community didn't do anything about it some might say the journey from sebring it's a big azealia baghdad and kabul could now be traced as a kind of major road map but as with any road paved with good intentions there is only one possible destination carriers are about r t button and herzegovina. new stories now of violent clashes in bangladesh over a change to the constitution to make the predominantly muslim regional secular issues tear gas to disperse angry islam is protest as the fiftieth floor of the islam remains the official religion the government's call stacy quote absolute faith and trust in. the us is advanced it's pulling the plug on almost eight hundred million dollars of military aid to pakist
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yes go ahead you because nato has a lot on each conscience to if we go back to call civil and we got afghanistan ok go ahead does god you're saying i'm not a nasa sign the study is saying because some people were shot in tripoli although this wasn't publicized i take his word for it some people were shot in tripoli in february some people were shot on that basis nato the mighty the sole power block in the world can then proceed to launch a war of eleven thousand missions including four and a half thousand strike missions because it declares the resolution protect all not bases why i cannot nato intervened anywhere in a little you any time has any government sure anybody threat to kill people in but i was a threat to kill people and others it was imminent it was imminent people who were out of the ways in which are much time i think we're wasting too much time i don't mind even the last word on margaret's last word of this program go ahead. first of all jim i'm sorry to tell you that you have absolutely no credibility in your argument whatsoever the whole entire world says this on all networks fr
yes go ahead you because nato has a lot on each conscience to if we go back to call civil and we got afghanistan ok go ahead does god you're saying i'm not a nasa sign the study is saying because some people were shot in tripoli although this wasn't publicized i take his word for it some people were shot in tripoli in february some people were shot on that basis nato the mighty the sole power block in the world can then proceed to launch a war of eleven thousand missions including four and a...
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so that so-called precedent can be traced through the years and into today's headlines bosnia iraq afghanistan and most recently libya have all played unwilling hosts to nato troops and u.s. imposed no fly zones but it is very important in the creation of the. scenario to make sure that in the minds of most people. was a draw on the side which was preventable but for whatever reasons the so-called international community didn't do anything about it. some might say the journey from seventy needs it to benghazi via baghdad and kabul could now be traced as a kind of nato road map but as with any road paved with good intentions there is only one possible destination castree knows are about r.t. bosnia and herzegovina. today's news in brief has been violence in bangladesh over a challenge to the constitution to make the predominantly muslim region or secular police use tear gas to disperse angry islam is protesters or at least fifty i thought injured although islam remains the official region the government has remained a clueless stating absolute faith and trust in our. the us has announced its pu
so that so-called precedent can be traced through the years and into today's headlines bosnia iraq afghanistan and most recently libya have all played unwilling hosts to nato troops and u.s. imposed no fly zones but it is very important in the creation of the. scenario to make sure that in the minds of most people. was a draw on the side which was preventable but for whatever reasons the so-called international community didn't do anything about it. some might say the journey from seventy needs...